Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 803 Differentiation
Fang Jun took it for granted: "Naturally, it was given to your Lu family. Such a good thing, how can you not take good care of your friends?"

Lu Xiaoyu automatically filtered out the word "good friend" in Fang Jun's words, and asked: "What about those ordinary papers?" Although the quality of those bamboo papers is poor, the output is large!Now it's just this workshop. It is conceivable that as long as the process is confirmed, Fang Jun will definitely increase the production. The profit here is no worse than that of top-grade bamboo paper!
Moreover, the large-scale production of paper has greatly improved the status of the Lu family!
Fang Jun shook his head and said: "Don't be greedy, just give the bamboo paper of average quality to the rest of the gentry, your Lu family can't eat it..."

Putting all the money in one's own pocket is fun, but eating too ugly will inevitably arouse envy and jealousy.The Lu family doesn't have to go back to the past, even if they can sell these bamboo papers to all parts of the south of the Yangtze River after their strength is greatly reduced, it is inevitable that they will cause hostility from the rest of the gentry.

Besides, Lu Xiaoyu also understands that Fang Jun intends to use huge profits to gradually disintegrate the alliance of Jiangnan gentry, not only to disintegrate the hostility and constraints of each family towards him, but also to subdue them one by one for his own use.

This is a big game of differentiation and wooing, which to a large extent determines whether Fang Jun's strategy in Jiangnan can be achieved, and he naturally ignores mere monetary interests.

Lu Xiaoyu admired him sincerely.

How old is Fang Juncai?It's just such a dude, but he has already transcended the scope of money and pleasure, and has begun to climb towards the highest realm of life, and he has already walked ahead of most of his peers, with a bright future.

And what about yourself?

Lu Xiaoyu felt dejected, his originally excited expression quickly became sluggish, and his spirits were low...

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"The Book of Songs Daya Juan'a" has a saying: "The phoenix sings in the high hills. The phoenix grows in the morning sun." The phoenix sings in harmony and sings over the hills; The character is noble and beautiful.Yu Shinan, the great scholar of Yongxing County who just passed away a few years ago, wrote a poem "Cicada" in his early years, in which he said, "Changing down to drink the clear dew, and the sound of the sparse trees. The loud voice is far away, not because of the autumn wind", This little poem that holds the meaning of things, uses the tall and straight plane trees with sparse green leaves as the habitat of the cicadas, and writes the nobility of the cicadas, which is a metaphor for the beauty of their own character.

It can be seen that since ancient times, phoenix trees have been a symbol of nobleness, and there is a saying in later generations that "planting phoenix trees will attract golden phoenixes". The phoenix trees are planted all over the place, which means "planting trees to attract phoenixes", so that the Gu family can produce more talented people and restore the glory of the ancestors...

Gu Cong knelt and sat in the flower pavilion, looking at the invitation card on the coffee table in front of him, frowning and worried.

Gu Yong, the representative of the Jiangdong family who followed Sun Quan the earliest, has been assisting Sun Quan when he was the prefect of Kuaiji.At that time, although Sun Quan was the prefect of Kuaiji, he merged with the prefecture. He only took Gu Yong as his minister, and he did the prefect's work to punish the bandits.Since then, the Gu family's ancestral home has been in Kuaiji County, and it has not been changed for hundreds of years.

However, with the founding of the Tang Dynasty and the gradual increase in national power, Kuaiji County's status as the rear of the south of the Yangtze River still no longer exists. On the contrary, the prosperity of sea trade and sea salt has made Suzhou, the most important place in Wujun County, more and more prosperous.Therefore, the Gu family used a lot of manpower and material resources to gradually deploy in Suzhou, faintly making the family's strength gradually stronger.

Countless manpower and material resources were spent on this mansion located on Fuya Street in Suzhou, in order to show the prosperity of the Gu family and the faint momentum of catching up with the head of the Jiangnan gentry, the Xiao family.

But the Gu family knew it well, even if the strength of the Gu family improved to a higher level, it would not be able to shake Xiao's position for the time being.There is no other reason, it is just because the Gu family is too weak in the court and there is no Austrian aid...

The wind blows gently outside the window, and the leaves dance.

For more than ten years, the phoenix trees planted in those years have all become mature, with lush branches and leaves covering the sky and sun, straight trunks seven to eight feet high, and lush leaves with deep roots. , The clansmen of fighting crickets shaded the sun.

However, the descendants of the Gu family failed to grow up like the sycamore tree...

Gu Cong sighed dejectedly.

Steady progress in the officialdom is not something that can be achieved by accidental appearance of an amazing talent. It requires a family's accumulation of contacts from generation to generation, and the efforts of countless clansmen.

It's a pity that since Cao Wei, the Gu family has been in decline, and even faced the danger of extermination several times during the two Jin Dynasties.Fortunately, since the Southern Dynasties, the Gu family has gradually prospered, and in this dynasty, the family business has flourished again.It's just that although wealth is easy to obtain, fame is really hard to come by. Over the years, the Gu family has produced several officials one after another, but they are no more than petty officials in the state government, and they have never been able to get on the stage.

If you can't make a sound in the court, then you can't be regarded as a prominent family, and you are in danger of being replaced by others at any time. The richer you are, the more likely you are to cause disaster...

That's why the Gu family would rather take the risk of exterminating the family and push Yang Hao, the grandson of Sui Wen Emperor Yang Jian, to the throne.At that time, the Gu family, as the ministers of the dragon, will become the most powerful family in the world. As long as they work hard for dozens of years, they will establish a family heritage that has been passed down for thousands of years!

In the face of such a great achievement, any danger is worth it!
Opposite Gu Cong, sat an old man in a linen shirt.

This old man is more than seventy years old, but he has white hair and a childlike face, and a pair of long white eyebrows have a bit of implication of immortality.At this time, he was sitting still, sipping the green tea in the white jade cup, with a leisurely attitude, totally out of touch.

Gu Cong pointed at the invitation card on the tea table with his finger, and asked in a deep voice, "Mr. Dong, what do you think about this matter?"

That Dong Lao raised his eyebrows, opened his eyes, glanced at Gu Cong lightly, and said indifferently: "Is there any need to ask? It's obvious! Fang Jun's children are best at the way of wealth. They not only know how to make money, but also know how to use money to attract money. Buy people's hearts. Everyone in the world loves money, so this trick is aimed directly at people's hearts and has been tried and tested."

Gu Cong smiled wryly and said: "Naturally, I know Fang Jun's intention, which is to throw out a so-called salt field to disintegrate the alliance of Jiangnan gentry. But as Dong Lao said, everyone loves money, facing such benefits promised by Fang Jun, Who can't be tempted? Please tell me, Elder Dong, how to deal with it?"

The invitation card on the coffee table is Fang Jun's invitation to the Jiangnan gentry to discuss the matter of buying shares in the salt farm.In the invitation, Fang Jun explained the profits that the saltworks can obtain one by one. The annual income of each saltworks is 10,000+. Even Gu Cong is jealous, let alone other nobles?
Undoubtedly, as long as Fang Jun's strategy is successful, when the Jiangnan gentry buys into it one by one, the alliance of the Jiangnan gentry will surely disintegrate and cease to exist.

Why is Gu Cong not in a hurry?
Changing the dynasty is a big deal, even if there are countless former ministers in the court who think about the Great Sui Dynasty, if they want to make a noise in the south of the Yangtze River to let those people see the hope of the restoration of the Great Sui Dynasty, they must unite the Jiangnan gentry!

Relying solely on the power of one family and one surname, it is really lonely and can't accomplish great things...

Hearing this, Elder Dong put the teacup gently on the coffee table, and sighed softly: "Fang Jun's move is a conspiracy. Tell all the Jiangnan gentry that if you want to develop and benefit, then follow me Go! On the contrary, it is against me, not only to completely cut off the sea trade, but also to intervene in the industry of cooking salt, which was heavily relied on in the past. Unless Gu Langjun, you can come up with greater benefits To restore people's hearts, otherwise, it is unthinkable."

Gu Cong seemed to be very dependent on this old Dong, and he said urgently: "Then just watch Fang Jun and that fellow disintegrate the Jiangnan gentry one by one? If so, our major affairs will be hit hard. When will To make your wish come true?"

In fact, there was one sentence that Gu Cong didn't say.

The reason why the Gu family was able to accumulate capital so quickly is that they rely on the huge profits of sea trade and sea salt.

Fang Jun came to the south of the Yangtze River to prepare for the construction of the Municipal Shipping Department. The land west of the Wusong River Estuary is being leveled, brick kilns are everywhere, and there is a newly built "cement factory" along the river. It is booming and the progress is fast.When the Shibo Department is established, all maritime trade will be under its jurisdiction, and most of the profits will be taken away by the imperial court, and the Gu family will be regarded as a broken leg.

smuggling?

Then you have to face the powerful combat power of the Royal Navy...

(End of this chapter)